Two Us Senators Plan to Introduce Legislation This week aimed at letting the government “ban or prohibit” Foreign technology products such Sunday.
Warner, The Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Tiktok would be “one of the potentials” for review under the bill. The democratic Senator made the comments on fox news Sunday.
The bill come at a time when tiktok is under intensifying pressure over concerns that data about us users could end up in the hands of the chinese government.
The us house Foreign Affairs Committee Voted on Wednsday to Give President Joe Biden The Power To Ban Tiktok, In what would be the Most far-reaching us restriction on any social media app.
The White House Last Week Gave Government Agency 30 Days to Ensure That Tiktok is not on any federal devices and systems. More than 30 us states, canada and european union policy institutions have also also banned tiktok from being loaded onto state-out devices.
Warner said he was concerned that tiktok “can be a propaganda tool” based on the types of videos it sends to users.
He said the bill he plans to introduce “would say, in terms of Foreign Technology Coming Into America, We’ve Got to have a systematic approach to make sure we can ban or prohibit it win
He said he planned to introduce the legislation this week with republican Senator John Thune. A spokesperson for warner said they expected to make an announs on tuesday.
Details about the proposed bill was not available on Sunday. A spokesman for thune did not immomedialy respond to questions about the plan.
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